Yoshihide

Yoshihide Suga, Japanese politician
Pronunciation	joɕiçide (IPA)
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Japanese
Meaning	Different meanings depending on the kanji used
Other names
Alternative spelling	Yosihide (Kunrei-shiki) Yosihide (Nihon-shiki) Yoshihide (Hepburn)

Yoshihide is a masculine Japanese given name.

Possible writings

Yoshihide can be written using many different combinations of kanji characters. Here are some examples:

• 義英, "justice, hero"
• 義秀, "justice, excellence"
• 義日出, "justice, sunrise"
• 吉英, "good luck, hero"
• 吉秀, "good luck, excellence"
• 吉日出, "good luck, sunrise"
• 善英, "virtuous, hero"
• 善秀, "virtuous, excellence"
• 芳英, "virtuous/fragrant, hero"
• 芳秀, "virtuous/fragrant, excellence"
• 良英, "good, hero"
• 良秀, "good, excellence"
• 慶秀, "congratulate, excellence"
• 由秀, "reason, excellence"
• 与志英, "give, determination, hero"
• 嘉英, "excellent, hero"
• 嘉日出, "excellent, elegant boy"

The name can also be written in hiragana よしひで or katakana ヨシヒデ.

Notable people with the name

• Yoshihide Asahina (朝比奈 義秀), Japanese samurai
• Yoshihide Ashikaga (足利 義栄, 1538–1568), Japanese shōgun
• Yoshihide Fujiwara (藤原 芳秀, born 1966), Japanese manga artist
• Yoshihide Fukao (深尾 吉英, born 1949), Japanese volleyball player
• Yoshihide Fukutome (福留 義秀, born 1933), Japanese modern pentathlete
• Yoshihide Hayashi (林 義秀, 1891–1978), Japanese general
• Yoshihide Kiryu (桐生 祥秀, born 1995), Japanese sprinter
• Yoshihide Muroya (室屋 義秀, born 1973), Japanese aviator
• Yoshihide Nagano (永野 義秀, born 1969), Japanese fencer
• Yoshihide Nishikawa (西川 吉英, born 1978), Japanese footballer
• Yoshihide Otomo (大友 良英, born 1959), Japanese composer and musician
• Yoshihide Sasaki (佐々木 喜英, born 1987), Japanese actor
• Yoshihide Suga (菅 義偉, born 1948), Japanese politician and Prime Minister of Japan

See also

• 7408 Yoshihide, a main-belt asteroid
• Yoshi